US 12,078,503 B2
Display light emitting device
Manabu Yamada, Hiroshima (JP); and Kousuke Aoi, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to NS West Inc., Hiroshima (JP); and Shoei Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/785,808
Filed by NS WEST INC., Shobara (JP); and SHOEI CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/037208
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124641, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-230324 (JP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058898 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.01)
CPC G01C 21/365 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3632 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60K 2360/166 (2024.01); B60K 2360/182 (2024.01); B60K 2360/5911 (2024.01); B60Y 2200/12 (2013.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display light emitting device that emits display light to display a guidance image on a combiner mounted on a helmet, comprising: a wireless communication portion that receives, from a communication device, guidance information including distance information indicative of a distance from a current location to a predetermined guidance point and direction information indicative of a direction of travel at the guidance point; and an image control module having: an image generating portion that generates a guidance image including a distance image indicative of the distance to the guidance point based on the distance information and a direction image indicative of the direction of travel at the guidance point based on the direction information; and an image emitting portion that emits display light to display the guidance image on the combiner, and controls operations of the image generating portion and the image emitting portion, wherein the image control module performs control so that, when a condition is satisfied that the distance indicated by the distance information is less than a predetermined first reference distance, the distance image and the direction image are generated by the image generating portion and display light to display the guidance image including the generated distance image and direction image on the combiner is emitted from the image emitting portion, and performs control so that from when a condition is satisfied that the distance indicated by the distance information is less than a second reference distance shorter than the first reference distance to when the guidance point is reached, the display of the distance image of the guidance image is stopped and display light to continue to display the direction image is emitted.